Session
Weekday Session 5: Next on the Pad
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
The EIS mission is a new IOD/IOV mission under the “Horizon 2020” program of the European Union. It combines the innovative ELOIS hyperspectral instrument with the flight-proven InnoSat platform to form a hyperspectral imaging mission offering excellent value for money. OHB Sweden is responsible for the platform, payload integration, system level AIT and for the ground segment incl. operations, while AMOS is delivering the instrument and will validate the data. The target orbit is a LEO SSO orbit at 630 km and the lifetime is 5 years. The platform is enhanced with very high pointing performance and stability and an X-band link for the high data-rate required by the payload. ELOIS is a state-of-the-art instrument featuring several innovative optical, mechanical, and electrical designs. The instrument provides very high radiometric and SNR performances over a broad VIS-SWIR spectral range and within a very low SWaP. This makes it an excellent instrument for affordable cutting-edge smallsat imaging constellations. The mission will be controlled from the OHB Sweden Mission Control Center in Kista, Sweden. The combination of the InnoSat platform and the ELOIS instrument will be a powerful demonstrator for future hyperspectral missions addressing a wide range of applications.
EIS: A Unique Hyperspectral Pathfinder Mission Combining the Compact ELOIS Instrument and the InnoSat Smallsat Platform
Utah State University, Logan, UT
The EIS mission is a new IOD/IOV mission under the “Horizon 2020” program of the European Union. It combines the innovative ELOIS hyperspectral instrument with the flight-proven InnoSat platform to form a hyperspectral imaging mission offering excellent value for money. OHB Sweden is responsible for the platform, payload integration, system level AIT and for the ground segment incl. operations, while AMOS is delivering the instrument and will validate the data. The target orbit is a LEO SSO orbit at 630 km and the lifetime is 5 years. The platform is enhanced with very high pointing performance and stability and an X-band link for the high data-rate required by the payload. ELOIS is a state-of-the-art instrument featuring several innovative optical, mechanical, and electrical designs. The instrument provides very high radiometric and SNR performances over a broad VIS-SWIR spectral range and within a very low SWaP. This makes it an excellent instrument for affordable cutting-edge smallsat imaging constellations. The mission will be controlled from the OHB Sweden Mission Control Center in Kista, Sweden. The combination of the InnoSat platform and the ELOIS instrument will be a powerful demonstrator for future hyperspectral missions addressing a wide range of applications.
